April 25, 2009

Safety Mike Mitchell expected to be selected by Chicago Bears

The surprise pick of the second round was Ohio University safety Mike Mitchell going to the Raiders with the 47th overall selection, two slots before the Bears were supposed to pick.

Our friend David White from the San Francisco Chronicle, who covers the Raiders, informed us that Mitchell expected to go to the Bears at No.49. The Raiders traded down from No. 40, swapping with the New England Patriots.

``I thought I was going to Chicago because they had told me to stay close to my phone,'' Mitchell told Oakland-area reporters. ``When they did that, I was like, `Ok, I'm going to be a Chicago Bear.' That's what I was thinking.''

Bears general manager Jerry Angelo said he was looking at a defensive player before shipping the pick to Seattle for a third-rounder and a fourth-rounder. Angelo would not reveal the name of that defensive player.

The Bears also wanted Ohio State receiver Brian Robiskie, who went to Cleveland early in the second round.

Wide receiver and safety remain positions of need as the Bears enter Day 2 of the draft armed with nine picks.

Comments

if the bears saw something in this kid that means the raiders did what they had to do, the bears are great at D and recruting D players thanks raiders for clearing things up check this kid out in youtube his a beast

I love the deal the Bears made. After Nicks, Britt, and Robiskie went off the board there was really no one there who really stood out as deserving of a second round pick. Now, we have a 3 that's only 15 or so slots behind our round two selection and get a pick at the top of round four as an added bonus. Remember, Angelo has always struggled with his early round picks, but has proven year after year that he's capable of spotting some mid-to-late round gems (Briggs, Vasher, Berrian, Payne, Graham, Alex Brown, and even Kyle Orton are good players drafted in round three or later.). If we can add Iglesias or Ramses Barden at the top of round three and a safety later this draft will go down as a huge success.

Massaquoi was a reach in round two and we have the chance to get a comparable player tomorrow morning and another contributor in round four.

Way to go Angelo, nice job sticking to your guns and not getting desperate to fill a need.

Angelo hit a home run with Cutler. But his drafting strategy still baffles me. Get what you need Massaquio or a saftey and stop picking quantity over quality. More than half the picks will not end up making the team(check his picks the last 5 years) so get some quality players even its one or two players. You got Cutler so surround him w/some talent. Minnesota, Green Bay and Lions had some outstanding picks. Don't be satisfied w/Cutler!

My question would be why? Either the guru's are absolute idiots, which could be the case, but they were all blown away the guy went so early. They actually didn't even know anything about the kid, he was such an unknown, and had commented they were shocked he was drafted at all, much less in the 2nd rd.